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Humanities Midterm Review
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1
Knowing when an artwork was created is important background information in what modality?
Visual art
All of these
Architecture
Literature
2
Which is true of myths?
All of these
They provide us with archetypes
They may have their basis in fact or not
They are common across cultures
3
Which element of composition refers to where your eye is drawn?
Pattern
Contrast
Balance
Focus
4
A building's size relative to the human body is called what?
Form
Scale
Proportion
Symmetry
5
Which is NOT one of Goethe's 3 questions?
Was it worth doing?
Does the work portray or alter reality?
What was the artist trying to do?
How well did he or she do it?
6
Which theory suggests that something is art if it gives an aesthetic emotion to us?
Idealist theory
Significant form theory
Emotional theory
Community theory
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Which term refers to the ideas a writer is exploring in a story or poem?
Setting
Plot
Moral
Theme
8
In architecture, what does "function" refer to?
The artistic vision of an architect
The outside appearance of a building
The way in which people move through the building
The purpose for which a building is built
9
Which of the following is the architect Frank Lloyd Wright best known for?
Cathedrals and other religious buildings
Buildings with no symmetry
Skyscrapers with soaring vertical lines
Buildings that integrate into their natural environments
10
Which structural method were Classical Greek buildings like the Parthenon built using?
Cantilever
Buttress arches
Standing wall
Post and lintel
11
Which period of visual art is most know for its religious subject matter?
Medieval art
Romantic art
Modern art
Classical Greek art
12
Which painter is associated with post-impressionism?
Vincent Van Gogh
Georgia O'Keeffe
John Singer Sargent
Pablo Picasso
13
Which is an important element of architecture analysis?
How people move in a building
How light enters/flows through a building
What materials are used to construct a building
All of these
14
Which mythological archetype could the scientists in "Answer" represent?
The hero
The trickster
Icarus
Jesus
15
Which poem is written in free verse?
Auden's "Funeral Blues"
Shakespeare's "Sonnet 23"
Long Soldier's "Obligations 2"
Atwood's "You Fit Into Me"
16
Which term refers to differences in tone in a painting?
Symmetry
Complementarity
Contrast
Abstraction
17
In visual art, what does composition refer to?
What colors are used
An artist's choice of materials
Whether a painting is abstract or realistic
Types and placement of shapes and lines
18
In Chuck Palahniuk's story "Zombie," what term would refer to the school and the airport?
Plot
Theme
Venue
Setting
19
In poetry, what does diction refer to?
A poem's pattern of stressed and unstressed beats
A poem's rhyme scheme
The words a poet chooses
The use of similes and metaphors
20
Which is true of John Singer Sargent's painting "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose"?
All of these
The flowers and other plants mostly block our view of the horizon
Sargent painted it at dusk each evening
Its use of the color white symbolizes innocence
